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76 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Pad, sh, a path. Paddlin* walk, ah. a gait, in which the steps made are very short. Paddock, Poddock, sh, a frog. PadrolLi, eh. * On his padrollsy i, e. on his walks or rounds. Paidlin', v, wandering ; walking or running with short steps. ' A paicUin' collie/ a wandering do^. A horse that is standing, and lifts his feet in an uneasy way, is said to he paidlin Pairini, sh. thin fragments of pork pared off the bones, in pork- curing stores. Palms, ah, pL small branches of the Spruce fir, also budded twigs of the willow. These are supplied on Palm Sunday to persons attend- ing service in the Roman Catholic Churches. Pamphrey, ah. a kind of cabbage. Pandy, ah. a punishment at school, being a blow on the hand from a cane or ruler. Pane, ah. a section of ground in a garden. Pangd, V. stuffed full (of food). Paps, ah. pi. teats. ' A coVs papa.' Paramoudra, ah. a large cylindrical mass of flint, sometimes the shape of the human trunk. It is said that this curious word is merely f'bberish, coined by a facetious (juarryman to puzzle the late Dr. uckland, when he was geologizmg among the co. Antrim chalk rocks. Parfit^ adj. perfect. Parge, v. to plaster the inside of a chimney with mortar. Parritoh, ah. porridge. Parten, ah. the shore crab, Carcinua moenaa. Also called Butcher. Pastre, ah. the pastern of a horse. Patch. ' Not a patch on it,* i. e. not to compare to it. Patiheridge, ah. a partridge. Pawky, adj. sly ; cunning. Pea shanps, ah. pi. pea shells. Peaswisp, ah. a small bundle of anything tossed roughly together like a wisp of pea straw. ' Tour head 's just like a peaawiap* Peat waight, <yr weght, ah. a tray or sieve on which peat was carried into the house. Peeler, ah. a crab which has cast its shell, and is soft ; used for bait Peel garliok, ah. a yellow person : a person dressed shabbily or fentastically.